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Classroom wireless.


Wireless in the classroom' is offered by Centerprise Int. Its latest wireless networking See wireless network.  solutions from Symbol Technologies enables numbers of laptops and desktop computers fitted with a wireless network card to be run from any point, which is the only part of the wireless system to be connected to the wired infrastructure. Teachers hand out the laptops to pupils as they enter the classroom in much the same way they would hand out books. Shared files can be accessed, emails sent, and work printed out, without the need to physically connect and disconnect disconnect - SCSI reconnect  each computer from the wired network. Access to the network from laptops in play areas and wireless communication between buildings is also possible, while costs are reduced as the need to cable the whole school is eliminated. The network management software allows ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT.

(2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL.

1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test.
 Coordinators to monitor and control the availability and performance of the wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area  and its associated peripherals. www.symbol.com/uk
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Title Annotation:Wireless Products
Publication:Database and Network Journal
Date:Apr 1, 2001
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